DC Rebirth Reading Order

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1. Defne says

   November 8, 2022 at 6:07 pm

   I was just trying to organize my comic books by timeline and I can’t find Batwoman vol.2 and 3.

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2. Kaneco says

   November 4, 2021 at 5:33 am

   I am also confused, i started with Dc rebirth but what do I do after that, do I just follow the list?

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3. lll says

   May 9, 2021 at 12:16 pm

   Hi I, mew to comics and I’ve been wondering where to start either new 52 or Dc rebirth. I’ve been trying to get the timelines in order but im confused can someone help?

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   • Defne says

     November 8, 2022 at 6:11 pm

     I started randomly with one of the classics and went from there. The timeline will make sense after a while.

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4. Eman says

   November 14, 2020 at 6:57 am

   My god -_- I couldn’t even begin to try wrapping my head around all this! No wonder I can’t get into any of it, it’s all over the place… I thought the reboots were for reshuffling and supposed to make things easier to follow, apparently not.

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   • WrylyRiley says

     December 26, 2020 at 4:07 am

     It’s more like an unreboot, so maybe that’s why, they’ve recomplicated it. I love it, though.

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5. DC Fan Wannabe says

   July 19, 2020 at 5:56 pm

   I can’t find Harley Quinn Rebirth, I searched in the official dc site and Harley Quinn Vol 1 Die Laughing doens’t contain it, contrary to the amazon page. My guess is it’s just a mistake and there the book doens’t exist.

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6. Ibad Qazi says

   June 17, 2020 at 2:14 am

   Youve said that rebirth is beginner friendly but i started reading it. I started with Dc universe rebirth and i finished it and stared titans the return of wally west but didnt understand anything what should i do?
   Should i go back to the new 52?

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7. Jake says

   April 30, 2020 at 9:18 pm

   Doesn’t Action comics 1 have to happen before superman 1? In action comics he just moved and shaved his beard, which has already happened by the time superman starts

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8. roby_941 says

   January 23, 2020 at 8:44 am

   Green Lanterns Vol. 1: Rage Planet collects GREEN LANTERNS: REBIRTH #1 and GREEN LANTERNS #1-6

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9. trever says

   December 10, 2019 at 12:27 pm

   This site is the best online right now that displays the arcs in the proper order

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10. Gustavo Castellanos says

    November 5, 2019 at 1:42 am

    Thanks a lot for this list

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11. IBA says

    April 13, 2019 at 3:39 pm

    Batman Beyond Vol. 1 is labeled as “The Return” on your list, but your link leads to “Escaping the Grave”, which I believe is the correct volume. Just wanted to point that out.

    Very helpful list though!

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12. Kyle says

    March 20, 2019 at 8:37 am

    Ok, so I have read just about everything I want to in the new 52, and am about to start rebirth. The main appeal of dc to me is definitely the cosmic (same with marvel) so the gl stuff is my favorite. Specifically Geoff Johns, I like pretty much everything he does. I loved his superman run from before the new 52, but I haven’t read any actual new 52 superman. My question is: where do I start with new 52 superman? I am finishing futures end right now and realize that convergence/brainiac seems like my cup of tea, but I assume I should read the johns new 52 superman? Is that a clean start? I have read most of new 52 justice league, and I don’t really care about anything other than the big events at this point.

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    • Louis says

      March 20, 2019 at 8:54 am

      You should read the first three volumes of Action Comics by Grant Morrison which is an (obviously great if you like Morrison) “early years” take on the character but, other than that, you’re best just to skip straight to “Superman: The Men of Tomorrow” by Johns, followed by the below. Anything in between is total junk. That’s not to say the rest are great, but they will bring you up to date on what’s going on with Superman in Rebirth so far. In fact you can probably skip everything other than Final Days and Lois & Clark, depends how much you like Supes I suppose.
      Superman: Before Truth
      Action Comics: Truth
      Superman: Return to Glory (issues 45-47 only, the rest is collected in Savage Dawn)
      Superman: Savage Dawn
      Superman: Final Days of Superman
      Superman: Lois & Clark
      The last book follows on from Convergence which is supposed to be terrible but with a few good tie-ins. I read it on Wikipedia instead of reading the books but still read the two Superman tie-ins in preparation for Lois & Clark.

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13. Kyler says

    December 18, 2018 at 2:34 am

    Why are Green Lantern & Green Arrow in the same category thing?

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14. Milano says

    October 11, 2018 at 12:20 am

    Where should I read the annuals?

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15. Kyle says

    August 8, 2018 at 5:06 pm

    One area I have a question on relates to justice league of America. I got the hardcover deluxe edition which has a bit more then what the standard TPB covers. Can I just do it all where listed in the reading order or should I stop part way and read the road to rebirth issues later on per the reading order?

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16. Kevin says

    July 14, 2018 at 11:21 am

    Hey Dave, what would you recommend reading before reading Rebirth?

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17. Marcelo says

    May 19, 2018 at 8:59 pm

    One question, bro: Didn’t “Justice League of America #1 to #6” must go AFTER from “Justice League of America: The Road to Rebirth”? Thank you very much!

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18. Drew says

    April 6, 2018 at 8:20 pm

    Before I read this guide, would you recommend me read the DC New 52 Reading Order?

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19. ThLaDe says

    March 24, 2018 at 8:35 pm

    There seem to be a few problems with the issue numbers on the sections. I noticed this specifically with Green Arrow Vol. 1 which is missing issue #6 and the numberings for Suicide Squad, Deathstroke, and Harley Quinn need to be rechecked, they’re off by one or two issues.

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20. Grawl says

    January 30, 2018 at 12:36 pm

    There’s a small typo for the Rebirth issues listing:

    Green Lanters: Rebirth #1 (should be Lanterns)

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21. Sean says

    January 24, 2018 at 1:39 pm

    I discovered that there is some back and forth of a kind between Action Comics and Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps considering General Zod that may have started with Suicide Squad, does anyone know how they relate to each other?

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    • Matt says

      January 24, 2018 at 2:03 pm

      Not sure about Hal Jordan, but Suicide Squad and Action Comics crossed over thusly –

      Suicide Squad #17: Earthlings on Fire: Part 2: Page 1-17
      Action Comics #979: Revenge: Part 1
      Suicide Squad #17: Earthlings on Fire: Part 2: Page 18-end
      Suicide Squad #18: Earthlings on Fire: Part 3: Page 1-12
      Action Comics #980: Revenge: Part 2
      Suicide Squad #18: Earthlings on Fire: Part 3: Page 13-end
      Suicide Squad #19: Earthlings on Fire: Part 4
      Action Comics #981-984: Revenge: Part 3-6

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      • Sean says

        January 25, 2018 at 1:04 pm

        Thanks, mate! A shame Dave didn’t take this into account. Any other orders like this in Rebirth I should know about, by any chance?

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        • Matt says

          January 25, 2018 at 1:43 pm

          It’s not perfect nor quite up-to-date, but this is my issue-by-issue timeline with any of these crossovers listed in order (as much as is possible!) Be careful with my comments, though, as they may contain spoilers as they’re more for my notes:

          https://battlestarchronologica.wordpress.com/dcrebirth/

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22. Ben says

    January 17, 2018 at 8:07 pm

    ‘Batman Vol 2: I Am Suicide’ collects issues #9-#15, not #7-12. Issues #7, and #8 are exclusive to the ‘Night of the Monster Men’ crossover that separates ‘Batman Vol 1: I am Gotham’ (Rebirth one shot, issues #1-#6), and ‘Batman Vol 2: I am Suicide’ (#9-15).

    It also doesn’t include Batman Annual #1. Unless they just added to new prints of Vol 2. Pretty sure that annual is collected in the DC Rebirth Holiday Special.

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23. Wondering Batman says

    January 17, 2018 at 3:20 pm

    Superwoman Vol 1 is issues 1-7. You only have it listed as 1-6. Overall this list has been great!

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24. Kan says

    January 12, 2018 at 10:29 am

    You are missing a couple of Rebirth titles.
    1. Raven (Rebirth) 6 issue series. Should probably be read right before Teen Titans Vol 1
    2. Death of Hawkman (Rebirth) 6 issue series. Should probably be read right before Midnighter and Apollo.

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25. Ben says

    January 4, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    Detective Comics 946-949 is missing. 946-947 is the conclusion to the arc started in Detective Comics vol 2 as listed, 948-949 is ‘Batwoman Begins.’

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    • Ben says

      January 13, 2018 at 10:04 am

      I am loving this list, and really enjoying Rebirth. As I work my way through, I’ll continue to leave notes on potential small corrections. Superwoman v1 contains Superwoman 1-7, not 6 as listed.

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26. Alex says

    December 30, 2017 at 1:12 am

    Detective comics volume 1 goes to 940 not 939. I am reading through now and was very confused why it would end with Red Robin in such a cliffhanger. I had to look it up somewhere else.

    Everything I’ve read before that has been great. Love the site !

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27. Redbolt says

    December 20, 2017 at 11:32 am

    Hey in the DC Universe rebirth #1 it says that you should read Justice league #50 and Superman #52 first
    I wanna know if is this necessary

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28. J-Hat says

    December 13, 2017 at 8:23 am

    So i’m just starting this list and i’m going to do all TPBs. There are a few titles that I already don’t want to care about I’ll probably get all volume ones, just to not judge a book by it’s cover.

    Would someone tell me if the following titles are a necessary read, or is surprisingly good;
    -Superwoman
    -Gotham Academy
    -Any of the Young Animals
    -New Superman
    -Blue Beetle (I did see Dr. Fate might have something to do with this in the rebirth one shot)

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    • Matt says

      December 13, 2017 at 10:33 am

      Don’t think Gotham Academy is part of the regular continuity but I might be wrong – I haven’t read an issue of it and I don’t feel like I’m missing anything.

      The Young Animal series are an acquired taste. Not really my cup of tea. You’re not missing anything important by skipping, although I’ve quite enjoyed Mother Panic.

      Superwoman makes some appearances in other series but there hasn’t been much going on there beyond the first TPB…

      Blue Beetle is entirely skippable, unfortunately.

      New-Superman is surprisingly good!

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    • Peter Mc says

      December 29, 2017 at 12:15 am

      Superwoman is really good and not unimportant but also not at all vital.

      I like the Young Animal stuff, I’d recommend at least sampling. It isn’t important to the Rebirth story line.

      New-Superman is decent, I like Superwoman more but New Superman does pop up in the main Superman title eventually.

      Gotham Academy is probably in-continuity but is definitely self-contained. I like it but it definitely skews more toward the young adult market (while still being a surprisingly good read).
      I wanted to like Blue Beetle but it seemed really low-effort and it’s not important to understanding the universe at all.

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    • Wondering Batman says

      January 17, 2018 at 5:03 pm

      My approach (at least until I’m deeper) has been this: if the TPB has the blue/black rebirth banner it is must read. The entries on this list may expand or introduce additional information, but aren’t critical to the rebirth interactions.

      Gotham Acadamy – doesn’t have the banner, but I think it’s a continued title from a New 52 entry. So it’s not necessarily part of the rebirth storyline, but does take place in the same universe.

      Young Animals – I found the easiest way to mentally catalogue these is by thinking of them similar to Marvels Netflix’s shows. They are in that universe, and main characters pop up passingly in conversation. However the titles are written for a different audience and aren’t written to be part of the woven fabric that makes up the main universe.

      Superwoman, Blue Beetle, & New Superman – all have the rebirth banner.

      -Superwoman. The only one I can speak to having read yet. It’s an ok story but not as grasping as some of the main character titles. It’s kind of all over the place at times and uses a lot of new characters/viewpoints. So if you’re a new ready or haven’t been up to date in a while.. it can be a lot to take in. It does, however, do a good job of representing a diverse spectrum of characters in terms of minority groups previously i represented in comics. As far as the rebirth story importance I would say it’s biggest importance is cleaning up some of the rough edges left over from the New 52/Rebirth transition.

      -Blue Beetle. Haven’t read but apparently a lot of people were exc Red to see this character get a larger focus, but we’re underwhelmed by the title entry. Words I read a lot were ‘forced’, and ‘unfocused’.

      -New Superman. Haven’t read yet, but would definitely advise including. Has already been mentioned in the early Super-family comics, and for sure will tie into rebirth and Superman stories down the road.

      Note: Is by no means an expert on rebirth or comics. In fact I’m a farely new reader. Just hoped the way I mentally catalogue this massive list of titles and entries might help another new reader

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